Labor issues
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NEW: Alabama is farming out incarcerated people to work at hundreds of companies, including McDonald’s & Wendy’s. The state takes 40% of wages and often denies parole to keep peop...
Imagine thinking "Patel" is a badge of honor. I've held back on this for too long. Hispanic workers all think I'm gonna cheat them out of their wages. Lawyers, accountants, polic...
When Rinji Rai, a Nepali recruitment agent, heard the workers he sent to KL were jobless and stranded, he flew to Malaysia to check on them. Three days later he died in mysterious...
1/10 Thanks to Pekingnology for translating a speech by Fudan University’s Zhang Jun that explains very well why China must adjust its growth model, and how. Zhang recognizes very...
Before all the Dravidian chest thumping, it must be mentioned that the cashew industry in Kerala is dying and is bleeding business to Vietnam especially. The labor unions of Keral...
KENYAN WORKERS ARE DISHONEST I got the opportunity to meet 6 rich men this weekend and I asked them a question that: 'Why are they not building factories for the youth of this co...
When economists say a worker has low productivity, we’re saying the value-added (wage+profit) generated per hour of work is low. That’s not saying that worker is lazy - if anything...
Payroll is coming and 10’s of thousands of Sudanese will not receive a salary, in some cases, for the first time in decades. I’ve spoken to leaders of many organizations and here’s...
NEW: we need to talk about NHS staff retention. At a time when Britain’s healthcare system is acutely short of workers, *1 in 7* UK-trained doctors are practising overseas. No oth...
If you think the boomer die-off isn't a big deal, just wait until you see how badly the supply chain will fall apart in absence of a stable transportation system. Air travel and c...
The popular story about the industrial revolution is that it kickstarted a period of unprecedented growth. The lesser-known, but equally important, story about the industrial revo...
so lemme get this straight no sick time for railworkers but bail outs for banks and billionaires https://t.co/q4YrCvT01j
1. Why do most English Theatre companies avoid paying their cast and crew for their time, labour, and talent? Rehearsals usually take place over a period of a few months, at leas...
I believe @dougvalentine77 told everyone who Ellsberg really was some time ago https://t.co/IXYonilmFm https://t.co/mx5d8iUclW
If you earn PKR 100k/month, you essentially earn 100k/30 = 3334/day. At $1 = PKR 277.80, that's... $12. 12 dollars a day. Earning in PKR is a scam.
1/7 Although all the other vulnerabilities listed here by Liu He, Liu Kun, Guo Shuqing and Yi Gang are serious, it is worrying that Liu He is also concerned that "traditional advan...
The true cost of the #Qatar 2022 #WorldCup Stadiums 🏟 & infrastructure build on Slave Labour and death of thousands who were not even paid. West and Human Rights orgs are asleep...
''In case you have no idea why Lagos transporters commenced a 7 days strike, let me give some clarity and make you really angry. There are over 75,000 commercial buses (danfos) in...
1. This is one of those issues that the RW needs to get it’s head right on and quick. Replacing “unskilled” workers with robots? Replacing “unskilled”workers with wetbacks? Outs...
Did you know workers have to PAY @urbancompany_UC upwards of Rs 70000 EVERY YEAR in order to keep working for them? A long but important thread. @aigwu_union @cituhq @aiiteu
This NUEE strike is 100% politics. It's all about one narcissistic megalomaniac seeking to make political capital and feed off the perceived unpopularity of the FG. I'm no trumpete...
BREAKING: new U.N. Special Rapporteur's Report on Contemporary Forms of Slavery "concludes" that forced labor is taking place in Xinjiang (and mentions similar phenomenon in Tibet)...
This is the 1995 story of Mittal Steel’s (It became Arcelor Mittal post-merger with Arcelor in 2006) takeover of Karmet Steel Works in Temiratu (A city in Kazakhstan) The story of...
Am I the only one that sees a problem with working 8-9 hours a day and then going home to having about 4 hours to yourself which includes getting ready for the next day??? This is...
